Jorge Perez is CEO of The Related Group in Miami, a leading developer of luxury condos in Florida, the Caribbean and Las Vegas. His company is ranked as the largest Hispanic-owned business in the USA by Hispanic Business magazine. His favorite book? One Hundred Years of Solitude

Large-scale exhibitions are scheduled this summer and fall in central Spain's Castile-La Mancha region in homage to the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' enduring masterpiece, Don Quixote. Moreover, tourism officials have established a comprehensive 600-mile Route of Don Quixote that winds through 105 villages.

Spain, which attracts 50 million tourists a year, is building its first private airport 200 km (125 miles) south of Madrid in a bid to lure budget airlines away from the capital and spruce up a deprived mining area.